Yellow Peril

Theodore expertly uses intricate examples of imagery that both accentuates and deepens the underlying tone and meaning of the story. He creates a perplexing poem by effectively giving the necessary details to move the story along; yet not enough to leave no room for individual imagination and perception. By using exceptional word choice he creates a tone of nostalgia that further enhances the imagery, which, to me, personally, makes it feel almost dizzying. The characters, lacking specific…

On my first visitation, I went to the Appalachian Dharma & Meditation Center. The Dharma is located in Johnson City, at 108 W. 10th Avenue, Johnson City, Tennessee. The Dharma is in a dentist office, with the meditation center downstairs. The meditation center was beautifully decorated. There was a room out to the side of the meditation, where we have a break and hot tea. The break room was full of different Buddhist books. On the way to Johnson City, my mother and I were both experiencing…

house. He chose yellow wallpaper for her. He also prohibited her doing anything with thinking, like writing. All in all, John decided everything. The protagonist stressed many times that she did not like this house. She thought the room liked a jail. For a long time, she had nothing to do, and then she became inferior and depressed. Finally, she paid her whole attention on the horrific yellow wallpaper. It was no doubt that she began to hallucinate. She regarded the person of the yellow…

effect of death and the diminishing of the female sex as a whole. While the two main symbols that seemed to link together were Emily’s actual house and the yellow wall paper itself. In each story both characters were desexualized by the male sex and in both cases the town's population. The narrator struggled with mental health disorders in The Yellow Wallpaper only to be cast aside. “If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband assures friends and relatives that there is really…

GCSE coursework 1 phoebe williams Water dripping from broken pipework, the wind whistling through smashed windows, A girl came across a building which was exposed yet away from civilisation. The building which, in her opinion, looked as if it was an old hospital. However at first from where she was standing, an asylum. Every window, door, entrance and possible way of getting in was boarded up, explaining the boot marks and crowbars on the floor of people who…

the prolonged cruel or unjust treatment of a culture or group. In the late 1800s the oppression of was even more obvious than it is now. Men made money and decisions for the household while women cooked and cleaned. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” is the story of a doctor’s wife stuck…

At the start of the novel Hazel’s introduction of herself is very different against how Augustus describes Hazel in chapter one. Hazel has a negative view upon herself and her life. She describes her situation with her cancer, followed by depression and with with a Paige haircut while, Augustus on the other hand gives readers a better picture of how she really looks, “Pixie-haired gorgeous girl”. In this case it is a matter of opinion upon their state. Hazel has to deal with the fact that death…

A short story; “The Story of an Hour,” in which the main character Mrs. Louise Mallard suffers from heart disease and is always kept at home since her husband Brently is very overprotective from the world around them. The marriage that Mrs. Mallard and Brently have is a rather normal marriage back in the nineteenth century, the man goes out to work and the wife stays at home making sure the house is well kept. They both care about each other but there are times Mrs. Mallard has admitted to not…

"There you go dear." She said, handing the book over. "I don't have to pay?" "Of course not, this isn't reality dear." Spoken with a smile. That line alone made Aisling confused by what she meant by it all she did was smile in return and walked out with that book. The sky was fading into dusk which was odd as Aisling assumed it as early afternoon and spent maybe ten minutes inside that place, although it seemed have to skipped hours. Possibly days too. The sense of time being almost…

Her strategy was to write and publish her works she chose anonymously so she would not be well known and can continue to be a free thinker and keeping the nobodies from advertising and talking about her. Perkins husband placed her in the room with yellow wallpaper due to her mental health after having a baby. He pacified her with things but was mostly absent. At first she hates the room and the wallpaper patterns and bars on the windows representing confinement, but as time passes she becomes…